words accepted (e.g., "nirl") but not in dictionary?

[biggerbirdbrain]

I'm still wondering how I was able to get the word "nirl" in but yet it was not in the available dictionary. Is that just one of those anomalies? What is a "nirl" anyway?

Thanks,
B-B-B

[Alan W]

The word list we use came first. The idea of linking to a dictionary site was an afterthought, so there are probably many, many words acceptable in Chihuahua that are not listed in any given online dictionary.

As for the meaning of "nirl", it's a Scottish word meaning "fragment", according to an entry in the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech. It seems to have another meaning as a verb, since "nirled" and "nirling" are also in the Chihuahua list. (The same Scottish Corpus site also has a poem containing the line "Ca canny, fur he'll nirl yer horn", but I can't work out from the context what "nirl" might mean there.)

[mymermaid]

Hi
I was wondering exactly the opposite to B-B-B .... I tried the word "PUED" today and it wasn't accepted - but in your dictionary there is such a word meaning : v. i.   1.   To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
[imp. & p. p. Pued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Puing.]
Please add it to your ongoing list. :
Thanks
Mandy

[Alan W]

Thanks for the suggestion Mandy.

It's not exactly "my" dictionary, of course. In this case the source of the entry seems to be Webster's 1912 dictionary, and I can't find it in any more recent ones. But I suppose a word that can be found in anyone's dictionary should be allowed. So I'll add pued and puing next time I update the list.